Computer Information Technology

Older versions of Android can be remotely reset by Google if the company is issued with a court order, but only if they're locked using a pattern. This is according to a document prepared by the New York District Attorney's Office which revealed just how easily investigators could see the contents of a device. Devices running Android 5.0 and newer cannot be remotely reset as they use full disk encryption. However, this option is not switched on by default. The report found any device using an older version of the operating system is vulnerable to remote reset and according to the Android Developer Dashboard, this is 74.1 per cent of Android devices currently being used. However, this figure is slightly misleading. The remote reset feature does apply to phones running operating systems before Android L, but it only applies to people how have secured their device with a pattern. Google can't remotely reset phones secured with a PIN or passcode, meaning the numbe

Hackers can monitor 4G mobile networks to detect users' location using supposedly anonymised identifiers Security researchers have revealed how simply contacting somebody via WhatsApp or Facebook messenger can reveal a smartphone owner's location by exploiting a security flaw in 4G mobile networks. A hacker could use the apps to discover the supposedly anonymised identifiers that are assigned to devices when they connect to a network, and use them to locate their owner, according to researchers in Finland and Germany. When a smartphone connects to a mobile network, it is assigned a temporary number called a TMSI (Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity). The network then uses this eight-digit number to identify a device, rather than a phone number, to make communication more private. However, a hacker monitoring radio communications could tie this TMSI to an individual by sending them a Facebook message or WhatsApp chat, both of which trigger a special "paging reques

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